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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Honorable Richard Garcia is retiring as a Bexar |
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| 6 | 7 | | County Children's Court judge on April 3, 2021, concluding an |
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| 7 | 8 | | exemplary 16-year tenure in that office; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Judge Garcia earned his juris doctor degree from |
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| 9 | 10 | | St. Mary's University in May 1979, and following graduation, he |
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| 10 | 11 | | briefly worked for Dade Legal Aid in Miami, Florida; he |
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| 11 | 12 | | subsequently moved to Texas and was employed with Bexar County |
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| 12 | 13 | | Legal Aid in San Antonio from 1980 to 1984, when he entered private |
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| 13 | 14 | | practice for several years; in 1988, he returned to public service |
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| 14 | 15 | | as an assistant district attorney for Child Protective Services, |
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| 15 | 16 | | handling cases involving child abuse and neglect; and |
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| 16 | 17 | | WHEREAS, In February 1990, Judge Garcia was unanimously |
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| 17 | 18 | | appointed by the Bexar County district judges as an associate judge |
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| 18 | 19 | | for family law cases; then in 2005, he was assigned to serve in the |
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| 19 | 20 | | Bexar County Children's Court, where he has found fulfillment in |
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| 20 | 21 | | his work to bring justice to young victims of abuse and neglect; and |
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| 21 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Judge Richard Garcia has greatly benefited Bexar |
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| 22 | 23 | | County through his deep commitment to the well-being of the area's |
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| 23 | 24 | | youngest and most vulnerable residents, and he may indeed reflect |
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| 24 | 25 | | with pride on a career well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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| 25 | 26 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 26 | 27 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Richard Garcia on his |
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| 27 | 28 | | retirement from the Bexar County Children's Court and extend to him |
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| 28 | 29 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 29 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 30 | 31 | | prepared for Judge Garcia as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 31 | 32 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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